Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 00:50:59 -0700 From: hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net> To: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Easy editors Message-ID: <323A63E2.1156@alaska.net> References: <1.5.4.16.19960914185310.290f2636@student.udd.htu.se> <323918CE.2828@alaska.net> <323B49B6.41C67EA6@fsl.noaa.gov>
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> > this will probably gag a guru, but i haven't found a need
> > for that goofy stuff yet, i pray things stay that way!
>
> Gag indeed! Mucking with the /usr/bin distribution will really confuse
> the next person who happens to use your machine! Eyuck!
>
> I think this is probably a little nice way to do it---and best of all,
> it's on a per-user basis!
>
> alias vi ee
> alias ed ee
> setenv EDITOR /usr/bin/ee
>
> If you're not a csh/compatible user, then
>
> vi () { ee $*; }
> ed () { ee $*; }
> EDITOR=/usr/bin/ee; export EDITOR
>
> Next question: what the heck is ee? I've used FreeBSD for what is
> literally years now and never heard of it---yet there it is! The Easy
> Editor! :-) When did this thing appear?
i made a mad dash for it as soon as i got 2.0! :)
i apologize. aliasing is better. you can do that with sh
also! just add >alias "sh cmd sequence"< in profile or whatever.
actually, i think the ultimate answer to this question is JOE.
it's a unix version of the infamous Qedit for DOS.
and it's even more powerful than vi/ed.
ps. why do i see so much of csh? from everything i read
and hear it broken from the design end on up and it's
only benefit is a C like inequality op?
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